'Together forever'





Nancy Borowick is a 31-year-old photographer who’s spent the last year documenting her parents’ battles with cancer.

In a turn of events many families fear, both her mother and father, Laurel and Howie, were diagnosed with advanced diseases within just over a year of each other.

Breast cancer and pancreatic cancer, respectively.

Borowick had already watched and supported her mother as she dealt with two previous diagnoses, photographing Laurel’s struggles with chemotherapy and surgery.

So Borowick captured the journey her parents embarked on together, a period marked by vulnerability, compassion and love.









Pictured;


Howie calls these “his and hers” chairs.

He sits beside Laurel, his wife of thirty-four years, as they get their weekly chemotherapy treatments, side by side at Oncologist Dr. Barry Boyd’s office.

Greenwich, Connecticut. January, 2013.










http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/cancer-family_n_4455720.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4508742/Photographer-shares-parents-battle-against-cancer.html

Like wedding rings, Laurel and Howie Borowick wear similar medical bracelets which the nurses scan throughout their chemotherapy treatments together at the oncologists office.

Its explorers again....

After three breast cancer diagnoses, and undergoing chemotherapy treatment multiple times, losing her hair for a third time seemed inevitable and unfair to Laurel Borowick.

Cancer has taken her breast and her hair, leaving her feeling like she no longer looks like a woman anymore.



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Laurel playing with tufts of hair after her husband helped her to shave it.


New York. February, 2013.

At the Rodolfo Valentin Salon in Manhattan, Laurel Borowick gets fitted for a new wig, as she gave away most of her older wigs from previous cancer diagnosis.

New York, February, 2013.

In the kitchen, Howie Borowick breaks into a bouncing dance to hopefully get a smile out of wife, Laurel.

Chappaqua, New York. February, 2013.

Awwww...dear Lord in heaven! I thank God for them for each other o...love and companionship make very difficult situations endurable. It is well.

Biko Explorers, are they both OK now

It’s a familiar afternoon scene around the Borowick home, with Howie fast asleep, exhausted from the week’s chemo and Laurel, hiswife, waking him with a loving kiss on the forehead.

Chappaqua, New York. March 2013.

On the eve of new rounds of chemotherapy treatment, Laurel and Howie Borowick take a last minute trip to Florida.


Naples, Florida. January, 2013.

Photograher Nancy, their daughter bumped up her wedding early so both of her parents could escort her down the aisle on her special day.

2013.

The drive to chemotherapy treatment takes half an hour, Howie and Laurel Borowick take turns, resting and driving, depending on whose getting treatment that day.


Greenwich, Connecticut.

Howie and Laurel receiving a phone call from the hospital that informed them about their latest scans

Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home.

In their thirty-four year marriage, they never could have imagined being diagnosed with stage-4 cancer at the same time.


Chappaqua, New York.

A year after his diagnosis, Howie died in December, 2013.

He was buried in his favorite jeans, hat and his beloved New York Giants jersey.






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Laurel touching her late husband in the coffin at the funeral.

Nancy said: 'When I was cleaning out the family home with my siblings, we were going through things and kind of figuring out who our parents were.

They never wanted to be defined by their cancer.

They were so much more than their sickness'

Just one day short of her husband's first death anniversary, Laurel died in December 2014, in her own bed as her family members hugged her.

Nancy said throughout her parents' last years, she did not only took photos but recorded conversations, trying to preserve every moment.

She said:

'The recordings revealed profound recollections on important things in life and advice'




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Moving Laurel's body from home to the morgue.

Laurel's Funeral.

sisisioge:
Awwww...dear Lord in heaven! I thank God for them for each other o...love and companionship make very difficult situations endurable. It is well.

Biko Explorers, are they both OK now

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really heart touching.......

This is heart wrenching. Dear,God,please do not let me weep over my parents at least,not now.Make dem jeun omo

very touching!

Explorers i read your threads every night before i sleep!like its some sort of Rituals!

Explorers:
A year after his diagnosis, Howie died in December of 2013.

He was buried in his favorite jeans, hat and his beloved New York Giants jersey.

sadly sad. tears in MA eyes.

sisisioge:
Awwww...dear Lord in heaven! I thank God for them for each other o...love and companionship make very difficult situations endurable. It is well.

Biko Explorers, are they both OK now

see question ooo

Davidgrey:
I see!

What's the lesson to be learned here?

These still-shot "cleverly taken" pictures wouldn't make living with cancer easier for the next person neither does it give cancer patients something to aspire for

What i see, Is a photographer using her parents terminal disease to further her career.

You, my friend, are a wahala somebody.. Is it your career? Is it your parent? Is it your cancer?

Explorers you are the bum. Hundred e hugs for you. Your post are always educative, more wisdom bros.

Explorers:
A year after his diagnosis, Howie died in December of 2013.

He was buried in his favorite jeans, hat and his beloved New York Giants jersey.

Omg! Dearest Lord in heaven

Explorers:
Just one day short of her husband's first death anniversary, Laurel died in December 2014, in her own bed as her family members hugged her.

Awwww...she had to follow him home. I can imagine the will to fight leaving her after his demise. May God grant them both good passage. Whew! It is well o.

Davidgrey:
I see!

What's the lesson to be learned here?

These still-shot "cleverly taken" pictures wouldn't make living with cancer easier for the next person neither does it give cancer patients something to aspire for

What i see, Is a photographer using her parents terminal disease to further her career.

Davidi...look at the greater picture...think outside economy. In fact, read the photographer's last post. It wasn't about her ability as a photographer, it was all about the little things we take for granted. Can you imagine how much it means to document vividly every moment till the last moment? Whew...we tend to take moments/things for granted, just as you are taking your ability to read and understand for granted now baby... It is well.

Davidgrey:
I see!

What's the lesson to be learned here?

These still-shot "cleverly taken" pictures wouldn't make living with cancer easier for the next person neither does it give cancer patients something to aspire for

What i see, Is a photographer using her parents terminal disease to further her career.

this isnt about furthering a career. It shows love in a deepest form. It makes me to be more diligent and prayerful in my quest for a good life partner. Not all about having a slay queen. It takes a good partner to be always there when the need arises. How many slay queens or guys will be there for each other like this couple? It just made be sober